'Dead Island' vidgame makes giant screen leap

Lionsgate will ''Dead Island,'' nipping up feature to the vidgame and establishing the project with veteran producer Sean Daniel.Lionsgate made the announcement Tuesday.''Dead Island'' focuses on a household on holiday in a tropical resort trapped by zombies. The videogame was released by Deep Silver for Xbox 360 360, Ps 3 and PC and it has offered over two million models. It had been launched within the U . s . States on Sept. sixth called the best selling game within the U.S. and also the U.K. upon its local releases.''This is the kind of property we are searching to evolve at Lionsgate , it's sophisticated, edgy, along with a true elevation of the genre that we understand and love,'' stated Lionsgate's Joe Drake. ''It also offers built-in build your reputation all over the world, and franchise potential.'' Daniel will produce via his Sean Daniel Company and will also be became a member of in creating by Stefan Sonnenfeld, who's labored to produce a ''unique visual brand'' with company directors including J.J. Abrams, Michael Bay and Gore Verbinski.Jason Brown from the Sean Daniel Company and Missy Papageorge for Sonnenfeld's Sunny Area Productions are executive creating, with Sarah Perlman of Sunny Area Productions becoming co-producer. Alli Shearmur, Lionsgate's Leader of movement Picture Production and Development is managing the project in the studio, with Jim Burns, SVP of Production and Development. Take advantage of McEntegart, Senior EVP of Lionsgate's Film Group, discussed the offer with Deep Silver's U.S. attorney Erectile dysfunction Labowitz.Daniel and Union Entertainment joined in Feb to pursue feature film privileges to "Dead Island" from German writer Deep Silver and Polish developer Techland.A trailer for "Dead Island" was launched in Feb and grew to become a viral sensation, garnering a lot more than 1.5 million sights online in the first week. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com